AAPG/Datapages Discovery Series No. 7, Multidimensional Basin Modeling, Chapter 4: 2-D Inverse Thermal Modeling on the Norwegian Shelf Using Fast Approximate Forward Solutions

S. P. Trautner and S. B. Nielsen

AAPG Special Volumes

... choice of heat flow is decisive for large periods of the time interval considered. Sensible heat flow solutions in 2-D and 3-D inverse modeling call...

Meta-Attributes: A New Concept for Reservoir Characterization and Seismic Anomaly Detection

Fred Aminzadeh

GCAGS Transactions

..., salt bodies, sand channel volumes, and gas chimney data extracted from 3-D seismic are rapidly becoming valuable tools for exploration and field...

FAST: A New Technique for Geomechanical Assessment of the Risk of Reactivation-related Breach of Fault Seals

Scott D. Mildren, Richard R. Hillis, Paul J. Lyon, Jeremy J. Meyer, David N. Dewhurst, Peter J. Boult

AAPG Special Volumes

... depth and implications for rock mechanics and hydrocarbon migration, in V. Maury and D. Foourmaintraux, eds., Rock at great depth: Proceedings...

Abstract: Biomineralization of gold: myth versus reality

D. J. Mossman, T. O. Reimer, H. Durstling

Atlantic Geology

...Abstract: Biomineralization of gold: myth versus reality D. J. Mossman, T. O. Reimer, H. Durstling ATLANTIC GEOLOGY 71 Biomineralization of gold...

CO2 Sequestration and Enhanced Oil Recovery Potential in Illinois Basin Oil Reservoirs

Rex Knepp, Scott Frailey, John Grube, Beverly Seyler, Damon Garner, Christopher Korose, Bryan Huff, James Damico, Sarah Rittenhouse

AAPG Special Volumes

... model layers, regardless of status as producer or injector.Simulation SettingsMost models were attempted with implicit pressure, explicit saturation...

Investigating Carbonate Platform Types: Multiple Controls and a Continuum of Geometries

Huw D. Williams, Peter M. Burgess, V. Paul Wright, Giovanna Della Porta, Didier Granjeon

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... a constant rate of relative sea-level rise. Type of carbonate production versus water-depth curve, for example euphotic versus oligophotic...

Empirical Relation Between Carbonate Porosity and Thermal Maturity: An Approach to Regional Porosity Prediction

James W. Schmoker

AAPG Bulletin

..., Carbonate porosity versus depth: a predictable relation for south Florida: AAPG Bulletin, v. 66, p. 2561-2570. Schmoker, J. W., and T. C. Hester...

Abstract of 2006 AAPG/GSTT Hedberg Conference

Search and Discovery.com

Numerical Modeling of Fault-Related Sedimentation

Taco Den Bezemer, Henk Kool, Sierd Cloetingh

Special Publications of SEPM

... cannot be eroded thus previously deposited sediments are affected down to a certain depth A This layer represents the conduit for lateral migration...

Stratigraphic Rule-based Reservoir Modeling

Michael J. Pyrcz, Richard P. Sech, Jacob A. Covault, Brian J. Willis, Zoltan Sylvester, Tao Sun

CSPG Bulletin

... and Larue, D.K. 2010. Stratigraphic and structural connectivity. Geological Society, v. 347, p. 219–242. Howard, A.D. 1992. Modeling channel migration...

An Integrated Geochemical and Geological Approach for Determining Hydrocarbon Generation-Migration Patterns: Central Gulf Coast Basin

J. B. Echols, R. K. Zimmerman, D. A. Goddard

GCAGS Transactions

.../sedimentary loading process is as follows: the mixing of hydrocarbons is implicit if migration pathways and "temporary" storage reservoirs are present...

Restoration of Barrier Islands Overlying Poorly-Consolidated Sediments, South-Central Louisiana

Julie Dean Rosati, Gregory W. Stone, Robert G. Dean, Nicholas C. Kraus

GCAGS Transactions

... migration and maintain dune height, it is advantageous to construct one large nourishment project, rather than smaller projects that are renourished...

Overpressured Reservoirs: A New Generation of Exploration Opportunities

Richard E. Swarbrick

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... margin of the Baram Delta Province and their implications to hydrocarbon expulsion, migration and entrapment. AAPG Bulletin, v. 78, p. 1154. Mountford...

Uncertainty in prospect evaluation: Lessons from the movie industry

Pierre Delfiner

AAPG Bulletin

... (e.g., 3-D seismic data, amplitude versus offset data, etc.) or the studies performed (regional geological synthesis, basin modeling). The difference...

Structures of the Rocky Mountain Foreland: Salt Creek Field, a Prototypical Basement-Involved Thrust-Generated Fold

D. S. Stone

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... marks the location of the seismic profile at Teapot Dome in Figure 8. Depth migration using the correct velocity field would flatten the footwall dips...

Burial History and Diagenetic Reaction Kinetics

Raymond Siever

AAPG Bulletin

... of such diagrams the stratigraphic column is added up and plotted versus time as successive additions overlying the original formation (Fig. 1). Depth...

Petroleum Demands of Future Decades

J. D. Moody

AAPG Bulletin

.... The challenge implicit in these numbers should be apparent to everyone. PHYSICAL RESTRAINTS Having looked at the size of the job to be accomplished, let...

Reservoir Monitoring Technology Part V: Linking Seismic Response to Geomechanics

Tron Kristiansen, Olav Barkved, Martin Landrø, Lasse Amundsen

GEO ExPro Magazine

.... It is possible to couple the flow models and the geomechanics models to varying degrees from implicit via iterative to explicit. The prize can...

A Model for Sandstone Compaction by Grain Interpenetration

L. P. Stephenson, W. J. Plumley, V. V. Palciauskas

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., chemical reactions, and transport mechanisms do not play explicit roles in this model, although they do have implicit roles in controlling the amount...

Abstracts: Bedding-Parallel Natural Fractures: Their Occurrence in Shale Plays and Possible Effects on Hydraulic Fracture Treatments; #120181 (2015)

Julia F. W. Gale

Search and Discovery.com

... in this is the depth of the treatment), 2) The strength anisotropy of the host rock (vertical versus bedding-parallel), 3) The occurrence and role of pre-existing weak...

Quantifying the Influence of Three Dimensionality on Hydraulic Fracturing in Coal Seam Gas Wells

Christopher R. Leonardi, Thomas Flottmann, Vibhas J. Pandey, Raymond J. Johnson Jr.

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... to subsequent studies. Explicit and implicit solution schemes are used to update the stress (i.e. mechanical) and pressure (i.e. seepage and fracture flow...

Effect of Interbeds on Hydraulic Fracture Characteristics and Formation Pressure Response

Matthew Profit, Martin Dutko, Adam Bere, Uno Mutlu

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and the reservoir. These three fields are coupled using a staggered explicit-implicit solver module with general numerical solutions developed...

Challenges in Modelling of Hydraulic Fracturing in Low-Permeability Coal Seams with Complex Cleat Networks and Stress Regimes

Mohammad Ali Aghighi, Raymond Johnson Jr., Chris Leonardi

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... Gridding Modelling approaches or complexities - 2D - P3D - Full 3D - Implicit, explicit - Inclusion of wellbore, reservoir and fractures...

Nitrogen Injection: An Alternative to Gas Cycling in Gas Condensate Reservoirs?

Septoratno Siregar, Jacques Hagoort, Harry Ronde

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... in the simulator to solve those equations is Implicit in Pressure Explicit in Composition (IMPEC). The simulator has been prevalidated with a three...

Fluid Flow, Pore Pressure, Wettability, and Leakage in Mudstone Cap Rocks

Andrew C. Aplin, Steve R. Larter

AAPG Special Volumes

... pathways into cap rocks and permit leakage. In these cases, cap rocks simply retard the vertical migration of petroleum, and column height is a function...